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Student Art Contest Winners Announced!

31 schools to display art at Festival

3/21/14

By UW-Washington County

The University of Wisconsin-Washington County (UW-WC) is pleased to announce the names of the middle and high school students who took top awards in the 2014 student art contest. Thirty-one schools entered artwork for the annual contest, with a total of 227 middle school entries and 167 high school entries. All of the artwork will be on display at the Festival of Arts which takes place on Saturday, April 5 from 10am to 4pm. The campus is located at 400 University Drive in West Bend. Admission is free.

Judging at the high school level was completed by Anna Moisiadis, an art lecturer at UW-WC and artist, and Graeme Reid, Director of Collections/Exhibitions at Wisconsin Museum of Art. At the middle school level, judges included Lynn Molenda, an art educator and coordinator of Wisconsin’s Student Centered Learning in the Arts action research group, and Shawn Graff, Washington County Campus Foundation board member who also serves as the Executive Director of the West Bend Friends of Sculpture. Emphasis was placed on creativity, composition, originality, and use of space and color. The four categories of artwork for middle school included: Single Media, Mixed Media (2 or more media); Black and White and 3-D (including ceramic and jewelry). At the high school, a fifth category of photography was included.

“Best in Show” at the middle school level was awarded to Georgia Miller, an eighth grade student at Steffen Middle School in Mequon for her colorful mixed media painting of flowers in hues of blues and green on an orange background. “Best in Show” at the high school level went to Breanna Utz, a senior at Hartford Union High School for a very creative mixed media stick type drawing using watercolor, ink and gel pen.

A special awards ceremony to recognize the top student art winners and will take place at noon in the theatre. Dr. Paul Price, dean at UW-WC along with Iva Thelen, executive director of the Washington County Campus Foundation will recognize and present awards to the top winners.

In addition to the student artwork, the Festival includes a large arts and crafts sale, music performances, garden/art seminars and a farmers market. Entries from the annual photography contest will also be on display in the library, with the top entries on display in the Art gallery. Admission and parking are free. UW-Washington County is located at 400 University Drive (just off Hwy 33 West) in West Bend. For more information about the Festival, visit the campus website at http://washington.uwc.edu or contact the Marketing/Communications department at (262)-335-5208.